Tag: early literacy

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Gluing

Suggested Activities:

General Area

  • Activity for eye-hand coordination
  • Early literacy
  • Care for books
  • Sequencing

Age

  • Around 18 months and older

Material Description

  • Box with several compartments for the shapes or pictures
    • In the beginning use one-sided solid origami paper cut out into shapes. Later, when the child is refining and mastering, offer pictures that interest the child (animals, trucks, nature, seasonal, etc.)
  • Tiny container with a lid for glue
  • Little stencil brush
  • Chopstick holder (stencil brush sits on holder)
  • Box for paper
  • Cotton cloth- prevents sticky fingers
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Patterns and Sorting

Suggested Activities:

Pattern and sorting activities aid in the development of decoding, ‘what happens next’, early literacy, problem solving, and feeds a child’s mathematical mind. Activities can be done through paintings, drawings, gluing, bead stringing, laundry, emptying the dishwasher, setting the table, and of course nature. Below are some simple ideas to get started:

  • Blocks
  • Stickers
  • Fruit
  • Beans
  • Lentils
  • Pasta
  • Clothing
  • Color bean bag toss
  • Things from nature